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Nov 5, 2022

UFCW Local 324 President Andrea Zinder on Albertsons-Kroger merger

Andrea Zinder is president of Southern California’s UFCW Local 324, which represents 15,000 grocery workers in Orange and southern Los...

Jun 24, 2022

San Bernardino County Democrats unified behind pair of union issues

Ed Millican is an elected member of the central committee of the San Bernardino County Democratic Party and a California Teachers...

Mar 5, 2022

SEIU Local 1000 power struggle expands; president suspended

The term “circular firing squad” describes the internal self-destruction of a group or organization. This past week, the power struggle...

Oct 24, 2021

Fiery SEIU 1000 power fight sucks in Democratic Party

SEIU Local 1000 is by far California’s largest union of state employees with nearly 100,000 represented members and a $46 million annual...

Jun 18, 2021

Update: SEIU Local 1000 finalizes president vote

On Friday afternoon June 18, SEIU Local 1000 emailed its 96,000 state employee members the below update regarding official protests...

Jun 15, 2021

Editorial: Why we published SEIU Local 1000 story

On June 10, The Sacto Politico published a fascinating and informative Q&A interview with in-coming SEIU Local 1000 President Richard...

May 17, 2021

CFT’s Jeff Freitas on recall, pandemic, teacher attacks

Twenty-five years ago, Jeff Freitas began his career as a math teacher in the Carpinteria public school district and most recently was...